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How to Predict Responses to Disease
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How to Predict Responses to Disease

Researchers have developed a computer model that could help public health officials take steps to limit the dangers of a disease outbreak. 

Google Translate App Gets an ­pgrade
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Google Translate App Gets an ­pgrade

Google upgraded its Google Translate app last week, adding two new tools that expand the smartphone app's capabilities. 

Celebrations to Commemorate Boole’s 200th Birthday
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Celebrations to Commemorate Boole’s 200th Birthday

  The creator of Boolean algebra and Boolean logic is remembered.  

Attempts to Predict Terrorist Attacks Hit Limits
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Attempts to Predict Terrorist Attacks Hit Limits

From France to Nigeria, the world is reeling from a wave of deadly terrorist attacks.

Here's What Helped Sony's Hackers Break In: Zero-Day Vulnerability
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Here's What Helped Sony's Hackers Break In: Zero-Day Vulnerability

The hackers behind the devastating attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment late last year exploited a previously undisclosed vulnerability in its computer systems...

Artificial-Intelligence Experts to Explore Turing Test Triathlon
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Artificial-Intelligence Experts to Explore Turing Test Triathlon

Intelligentsia of AI will gather to come up with a battery of alternatives to the traditional Turing test.

The Hidden Ways Traffic Flows Around ­s
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The Hidden Ways Traffic Flows Around ­s

Get in your car and drive.

What Advanced Tech Will Dominate Your Car By 2025? IBM Knows
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What Advanced Tech Will Dominate Your Car By 2025? IBM Knows

An IBM study on the future of automotive technologies found self-healing cars and connections to the Internet of Things are the wave of the future. 

Cornell Research Steers Nyc Bikes to Needy Stations
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Cornell Research Steers Nyc Bikes to Needy Stations

Cornell University researchers have developed algorithms and data analysis tools to help rebalance the New York City Citi Bike system as efficiently as possible...

Keeping Better Tabs on Suspicious Persons
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Keeping Better Tabs on Suspicious Persons

A cyber security researcher wonders if information technology, the Internet, and social media could determine whether a suspicious person is likely to commit a...

Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are For Hire Online
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Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are For Hire Online

A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord’s website.

Artificial Intelligence Helps Stanford Physicists Predict Dangerous Solar Flares
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Artificial Intelligence Helps Stanford Physicists Predict Dangerous Solar Flares

Stanford University researchers have automated analysis of the largest-ever set of solar observations to forecast solar flares using data from the Solar Dynamics...

Advanced 3D Facial Imaging May Aid in Early Detection of Autism
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Advanced 3D Facial Imaging May Aid in Early Detection of Autism

Researchers at the University of Missouri have used advanced three-dimensional imaging to identify the facial traits of children with autism. 

Software Created to Help Find a Cure For a 'great Neglected Disease'
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Software Created to Help Find a Cure For a 'great Neglected Disease'

Researchers have developed software that analyzes images showing the effects of potential drugs on parasites and measures their effectiveness. 

Computers May Soon Know You Better Than Your Spouse
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Computers May Soon Know You Better Than Your Spouse

Researchers say a new program analyzes a user's likes on Facebook to characterize their personality with an accuracy rivaling that of a close family member. 

Death By Robot
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Death By Robot

Many roboticists are realizing autonomous robots  inevitably will find themselves in situations that require a moral judgment.

Obama Calls For New Laws to Bolster Cybersecurity
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Obama Calls For New Laws to Bolster Cybersecurity

President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on Congress to pass legislation designed to bolster cybersecurity across both the government and private sectors. 

Vision System For Household Robots
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Vision System For Household Robots

A new algorithm can aggregate perspectives and recognize four times as many objects as one that uses a single perspective, while reducing misidentifications. 

Colleges Rush to Create Cybersecurity Soldiers
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Colleges Rush to Create Cybersecurity Soldiers

The recent increase in computer attacks at major corporations have pushed colleges and universities to educate more cybersecurity students and professionals. 

We Know How You Feel
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We Know How You Feel

Three years ago, archivists at A.T. & T. stumbled upon a rare fragment of computer history: a short film that Jim Henson produced for Ma Bell, in 1963.
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